We have grown our business in leaps and bounds since launching the brewpub two and a half years ago. Back then we only had an annual production of 45,000 litres a year. Since opening the production facility in Dec 2018 and increasing production several times over we realised very quickly that we needed a system to help and support us. We could no longer run inventory in our heads, keep up with distribution plus meet all the quality aspects of brewing consistently.
We looked around a lot, and finally, we were introduced to Beer30. From the moment we saw it and had a look through, we loved the system. Its brewery side features are brilliant, intuitive, and comprehensive. The brewing page is clean, easy and pushes us for all the brew specifications we defined which means more testing, more critical specifications met and more consistency in our product.
What really blew us away was the speed of implementation. 24 hours from the decision to go with Beer30 and we had loaded our inventory, stock, what was in our tanks and set up for packaging. Then 36 hours after the decision, we were brewing with the support of Beer30.
We are very excited about the upcoming distribution releases which will see broadened functionality and streamlining to take a bit more of the load off our team. It’s a great system, with great support and an exciting future, we are very glad we are onboard!
Sailors Grave had been on the hunt for an inventory management system for our business and kept coming up against options that involved multiple barriers and complicated retrofitting to make them work with a brewery. Luckily we were recommended to Beer30 at this time by another brewery! Beer30 offered not only an inventory management system designed specifically for breweries, but also integrated the whole process from ingredient procurement, through brewing and on to distribution. It even handles our Australian alcohol tax calculations. Onboarding and integration were easy and we were guided through the process expertly.
I have to say that we suddenly feel a whole lot more professional now that we use Beer30. Time savings are excellent - data entry and metrics retrieval are a breeze. We have transparency across all areas of the business and COGS data is a life changer for profitability and cash flow.
All the variables of different customers and distribution channels are integrated and make sales very clear and traceable. Also, integration with our existing bookkeeping software (Xero) was a big plus.
Pulkit and the team at Beer30 have gone above and beyond to help us integrate the system into our business. Day or night we have been able to get any help we needed and the team has shown amazing flexibility in integrating any suggestions we might have.
We wholeheartedly recommend Beer30 to any brewery wanting to streamline and grow their business.
We switched to Beer30 from Ekos about two years ago and it has been a smooth process since the day we signed on. The onboarding process was user friendly, easily navigable, and the Beer30 team was always there with a quick response to any questions or concerns.
Beer30 offers a customizability for every aspect of the brewing process making it a program built, not only for brewing in general, but for your brewery specifically. Parts of brewing, like inventory (of anything and everything), purchase orders, recipe creation, distribution invoicing, barrel inventory and actions, reports, batch comparisons and repeatability, and even production planning became so easily operational and streamlined into one program that is simple enough for every member of the brewery and management team to be able to tell what is happening on all fronts.
The intricate details of the program allow us to have a trail of every data point, tasting note, and quality assurance test throughout each batch's life and it feels like we continue to find more and more ways to utilize the program to make our day to day more streamlined.
Finally, to top it all off, I can't express how important customer service is and they have the best. Questions are answered within minutes with step by step instructions on how to fix or find something and they take every customer complaint/request and actually act on it, which means constant improvements to the program.
It was clear from our first demo of Beer30 that this software is different. We were ready to make a change from Orchestrated Beer and the brewing knowledge and customer service focus of the Beer30 team was a huge selling point for us. With their support we were up and running VERY quickly and the integration with QBO was smooth. Because Beer30 is built around the brewing process, our brewers have embraced the software – this was not the case with Orchestrated Beer. We finally have real-time information-rich brewing data available in one place (and that place is not a clipboard). We are excited about continued process improvements and data analysis as we partner with Beer30 moving forward!
Switching from Ekos to Beer30 has been a no-brainer for us. The ability to see a development roadmap and get really active support has been a game changer. The team at Beer30 has been incredibly responsive to our needs and it feels like we're partners, not just a customer. It's a better system for doing things brewers need to do and it's nice to know that we can get excellent support. The guys at Beer30 don't just help us fix a problem or send us to online support articles, they actively work with us to discuss workflows and help identify how to use Beer30 to reach our goals. Very cool stuff. Finally, a brewing software that we're excited about!
Pelican Brewing is fortunate to be growing rapidly. This growth has stressed systems that historically provided visibility of liquid staging & migration. A recent ERP/MRP change had us in a spiral with too much time being spent on data entry & too little time on optimizing daily management of brewhouse/cellar/Lab/Packaging tasks.
Believe it or not …you can drop your email into a box on the internet and end up with a great software solution. The guys at Beer30 told us that integration would be quick & easy, and it actually was. We’ve moved almost all Brewhouse planning & management into Beer 30. It allows comprehensive management in just a few minutes. All tank monitoring, QA/QC, transfers, yeast management & batch tracking are unbelievably quick & easy. Also, B30 has an unbelievably cool charting tool, that allows quick access to trending across styles, brands and a myriad of other brewhouse data points. It’s easy and intuitive, and makes decision points clear & simple.
We still handle inventory, invoicing, and accounting function through an MRP/ERP. We completely decouple batches from the MRP, track essential data through Beer30, then send finished goods back to the MRP. It’s easy to do, with far fewer keystrokes. Best of all we didn’t have to spend time developing custom software. And we didn’t have to adapt a hybrid automation/MRP that was never really designed for our operations. The Beer30 team are brewery people, not accountants or automators. So they built a platform from the viewpoint of brewery people. And it works great.”
MARTIN G. BILLS DIRECTOR OF BREWING OPERATIONS
“Having just recently gone through a long ERP system change that took months, the implementation time for Beer30 was night and day. New database was up within hours and had most information (recipes, ingredients, data trackers) entered in a couple days. At the size we are currently and still growing this was a massive help for adjusting to another new system. While we are committed to using the new ERP for inventory and accounting functions, we have found a balance between the two systems. The ERP is used for quantitative data while Beer30 is used for qualitative data and this is the info we need to make decisions every day. Beer30 serves as our QC and batch tracking database.
The mantra of 3 clicks is a real thing. From brewing to the dashboard to whatever info I’m looking for is available within 3 clicks. Tracking tanks is super easy with day counters on the dashboard and tank action automation built into the recipes. This provides a baseline if your batches are progressing on the timeline you expect. The charting functions throughout the system help provide quick reviews and in-depth analysis of brands batch to batch. Yeast tracking is a breeze with visibility on where your generations came from. Tank tags keep the entire staff in the loop on what each tank is doing. Working with the Beer30 dev team, we were able to build a diacetyl testing module for which data can be tracked by batch and user. This helps the QA department in their goals of passing quality checks and will help build sensory panel data about participants thresholds to certain compounds.
Overall, Beer30 has been a great tool to bring on and has brought a lot of light to daily processes that either lived in notebooks and binders or were muddled in an ERP database that wasn’t really designed for qualitative data. The system is intuitive, user friendly, and easy to train staff to use. Pulkit and Ryan have been great to work with since day one and are very responsive to technical issues, troubleshooting, and new process ideation. As we continue to grow and find new challenges, I know Beer30 will be ready to take them on and we’re going to accomplish a lot of epic stuff together.”
The switch from Orchestrated Beer to Beer30 has made our lives so much easier. Implementation and onboarding were quick and easy, and QBO integration was a breeze. Entering invoices and PO's is wicked easy, and fixing any errors is usually just a click or two.
Pulkit and his team had a clear plan laid out for the transition. Each phase included training and follow up support. Questions were addressed immediately, and answered in a clear and concise manner without long wait times.
PKA, John, Andrew and the rest of the team are so easy to work with. Someone is always available to respond to any questions we may have. If they don't have an immediate answer, they will look into it and get back as soon as they do.
They provide screenshots, detailed responses, and are always willing to jump on a Zoom call if necessary. They are open to suggestions and have listened to our requests, creating several reports to make our lives easier in regards to our Barrel Aging program.
Another huge bonus - Beer30 has allowed our Head Brewers and Production Staff to take over entering their own brew logs and packaging information, which was never even a consideration with Orchestrated Beer. We’d definitely recommend making the switch!
As soon as I discovered the capabilities of Beer30 to help us manage process flow and data sharing within our brewery it was a no brainer to switch over from Orchestrated Beer. After only a few short weeks we began to see the cost savings in time and materials from this cloud based solution. The process insights have empowered our entire team to be plugged in to real time data and make efficiency driven decisions to grow our business and profitability. Most importantly the support from onboarding and integration as well as development has been off the charts!
